World gold prices (XAU/USD) soared yesterday, reaching 2,440 USD in the morning session, then had another increase, reaching a new high again at 2,450 USD in the afternoon session and holding near this mark before when it fell sharply after the somewhat hawkish speech of Fed officials in the evening session.
Kitco Metals experts said that the news that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a plane crash has raised concerns and that has triggered the role of precious metals as a haven.
Market strategist Colin Cieszynski of SIA Wealth Management is among the experts who are bullish on gold in the short term. According to him, both the USD and US government bond yields seem to be in a downward trend and that will provide support for this precious metal. Besides, gold surpassing the psychological threshold of 2,400 USD/ounce will be a stepping stone for this precious metal towards the 2,500 USD/ounce mark.
In addition, Senior Market Strategist Daniel Pavilonis of RJO Futures said that, in addition to "persistent" inflation, the US public debt burden is also a factor driving gold's recovery. With the same opinion, experts from ROTH Capital Partners also predict that gold prices will increase further in the coming months, even exceeding 2,600 USD/ounce.